ways to change the image of chess:
you definitely need to tamper with scale
here are some other helpful suggestions:
1. play while wearing gas masks.
the more insectoid the better.
2. play while seated in separate bathyspheres.
you can relay your moves via telephone to your seconds.
3. organize huge group chess matches as in the prisoner or through the looking glass
3. play secret chess from remote locations by walkie talkie
while pretending to be otherwise involved in Espionage.
4. only play chess in the company of your private crew
5. invent your own chess playing machine
6. you could play beer chess
